What did you do with your Chinese baby digger today?

[dfkrug]

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If you strap a lawnmower to your mini ex,…ya might be a redneck…

I want to see videos of that in action. Looks promising.

 

[Tinhack]

I want to see videos of that in action. Looks promising.

Can't turn that mower up on end* to do bushes like I can with the ditch & bank flail mower. What good is it? My ride on will cut grass faster too.

* Catastrophic engine damage due to no oil in the sump.

 

[mike0000]

Can't turn that mower up on end* to do bushes like I can with the ditch & bank flail mower. What good is it? My ride on will cut grass faster too.

* Catastrophic engine damage due to no oil in the sump.

I’m not planning to cut my yard with it, I have a zero turn for that. I also won’t turn it on end. I plan to use it for some rough cutting around my pond and property, areas where the woods meet my yard, places that I fall behind on weedeating from time to time.

 

[mike0000]

Working on pin shims today. I’d like to take some of the slop out and reduce future wear. I started with some 3/4” pipe, made a pair to try out, haven’t gotten to install them yet.

 

[2manyrocks]

I’m not planning to cut my yard with it, I have a zero turn for that. I also won’t turn it on end. I plan to use it for some rough cutting around my pond and property, areas where the woods meet my yard, places that I fall behind on weedeating from time to time.

I think I got something in my eye bush hogging with a front mount cutter yesterday so I'd recommend using some good face/eye protection with that mower. But I hope it works great for you.

 

[Sonny580]

dug out the 2 rows of broc. plants that didnt produce a crop this year.

 

[drawthree]

I used the rake attachment recently to loosen the soil in our small garden and ended up pulling out a boulder.

 

[mike0000]

Getting the heat out.
My mini will boil gas in the tank and the hydraulic oil is running too hot. I added an exhaust extension and a 7” fan, mini came with an oil cooler/fan, but still too hot. With both fans running, gas is 173deg and boiling and hydraulic oil is 162 ( after 1 hour of use) I decided the fans are probably inefficient and circulating some of the hot engine air. First step is a fan shroud for the fan I had added. After adding the shroud gas came down to 145 and no longer is boiling after an hour of use and hydraulic oil temp dropped to 150degrees(still too hot).
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[mike0000]

Today I added a shroud around the oil cooler, hope to do temperature testing tomorrow.

 

[dfkrug]

After adding the shroud gas came down to 145 and no longer is boiling after an hour of use and hydraulic oil temp dropped to 150degrees(still too hot).

Good work. I love to see the data you have taken to see the results of your cooling efforts. I assume you have the 420cc gasoline engine, without ducted flywheel fan.

What was the ambient temp when you were taking measurements?